Perseus is an open-source data collection platform that eliminates the cumbersome template configuration of traditional collection tools. It supports unified Agent management, automatic discovery of cloud platform resources, and one-click scanning and management of IP resources. It is compatible with third-party open-source platforms such as Zabbix and Prometheus, and enhances their data interaction capabilities.

• Perseus code repository on GitHub: https://github.com/Lerwee/Perseus

Core Features of Perseus

1. Automatic Asset Discovery

Typically, IT asset administrators struggle to keep track of a large number of IT devices, which requires effective asset discovery, identification, and management capabilities. Perseus’s automatic asset discovery efficiently addresses this challenge. Asset administrators only need to input IP segments and credentials to achieve one-click asset discovery (even cross-proxy discovery) and monitoring management, including but not limited to Linux servers, firewalls, switches, and routers.

Automatic asset discovery simplifies the monitoring and management process, reducing manual configuration work for asset administrators, improving asset management efficiency, and increasing the speed and accuracy of monitoring system onboarding.

2. Centralized Agent Management

It supports Agent health checks, bulk import, bulk installation, manual installation, uninstallation, deletion, and circuit breaking (configuration, distribution, and recovery). It also enables automatic registration without the need for manual host addition.

3. Full-Stack Technology Management

The Perseus collection platform is compatible with dozens of protocols and supports automatic adaptation via genetic technology. It meets the monitoring and collection needs of both domestic alternative and non-domestic alternative software and hardware, covering over 500 manufacturers and 8,000 device models, including traditional IT infrastructure, public clouds, private clouds, containers, and the Internet of Things .

4. End-to-End Business Chain Data Consumption

As the underlying core hub for data collection and management, the Perseus collection platform provides rich data interfaces for various upper-layer applications to consume data, including monitoring, network management, traffic analysis, CMDB, ITSM, as well as third-party logging, APM, observability, and AIOps algorithm platforms.

For example, by calling data generated (either self-collected or converted) by Perseus, the monitoring platform can generate rich visual charts.

5. Backward Compatibility

Perseus is not just a simple data collector. In addition to collecting data independently, it can connect to third-party data sources such as Prometheus, Cacti, Loki, Telegraf, OpenTelemetry, SkyWalking, and Zabbix. Since different data sources have inconsistent data structures and standards, Perseus also undertakes data conversion functions. Only standardized data can be used by upper-layer applications.